[7:38 PM] Rangers @ Hurricanes

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Rangers (5-2-0)

@ Carolina Hurricanes (1-3-2)

 

Starting Goalies:

Henrik Lundqvist (NYR): Confirmed

Cam Ward (CAR): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

New York Rangers: (TBD)

Carolina Hurricanes: (TBD)

 

• After earning its first victory in the final stop of a four-game trek through Western Canada, Carolina surrendered 10 goals in losses at Philadelphia and Detroit.

• The Rangers have played five of their first seven contests on home ice and are riding a three-game winning streak. New York erased an early two-goal deficit in a 5-2 win over Boston on Wednesday.

• Offseason acquisition Brandon Pirri, who scored 22 goals in 49 games with Florida in 2014-15, sparked New York’s comeback against Boston with a pair of tallies to lift his season total to four.

• Hurricanes C Victor Rask has scored in every game, the fifth-longest point streak to start a season in club history.

• Carolina set an unwanted tone right out of the game, blowing three-goal leads in each of its first two games in overtime losses at Winnipeg and Vancouver.
 

StreakSmarts Pick: New York Rangers

Confidence: 5/10

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